Disclaimer: I don't own young justice. I only own Alex Matthews A.K.A. Mia Sanders.

Mia POV:

"Damn it!" I shout in to the empty apartment. After so much time and effort was spent distancing myself from them, making myself invisible, untraceable - M'gaan almost blows it all in 10 seconds. No mystery why I dislike her. They have no right to know who I am now or what I've become… they'll just question and berate me. Robin will act all high and mighty with his stupid 'holier than thou' speech. When really, they're the ones who drove me to this life - who showed me this path.

I sit heavily on my couch and grind my teeth when I remember my reaction to Wally. I didn't mean to freeze, to act so completely idiotic, but it's just been so long...

I shake my head to clear my thoughts. It doesn't matter anyway, I'm out of his life; just the way he wanted. And I wont go crawling back to them when I have my pride. They threw me out, and they'll regret it when they need me. Just wait. I lean down to sharpen my knives, thinking harder.

But… Wally's always been pretty clumsy. Most of the time I was with the team I was watching his back, apart from that time in Gotham. I wonder how he's coping without me? I cut my hand on one of my knives and watch the blood drop, transfixed. I don't need to look out for him and I don't need to look out for Dick, it's not my job anymore.

At least their alive - which is more than I can say for myself.

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In a foul mood, I walk towards a familiar alleyway decorated with unidentifiable liquids. Cheshire cheated me out of my money so I'll need another job, preferably a solo gig. I walk through a broken down part of the building, stomping past icicle junior and friends. I finally reach the Joker who is hanging upside down from a faulty water pipe.

"I need a new job." I snap.

He grins at me, and even after months of being subjected to his ugly face, I shiver. "Did you know that bats sleep upside down? I'm a bat, which means I'm not a bat." He shifts on his pipe, still dangling from his feet.

I frown and repeat myself. "I need a new job."

He jumps down from his pipe and walks up to me, grabbing my face in one hand. "You don't look very batty to me. Must mean you can't kill a bat." He laughs loudly. "Must mean you can."

I furrow my brows, fighting to stand my ground against the deranged clown. There's something wrong about this whole situation. "What?"

He pinches my cheek in a fake show of affection. "Your job is to kill the Boy Blunder."

My eyes widen and I make the mistake of backing away. His head shoots up and suddenly a barrage of henchmen slither out of the shadows. I remove my knives and slice one across the chest, spinning around to stab one in the shoulder joint, preventing his arm movements. I kick out and flip over another's head stabbing him from behind, but before I can turn another wave of henchmen appear from the shadows and hold my arms behind my back. One stands in front of me and punches me in the stomach repeatedly, causing me to cough and grunt. They all jeer and laugh as I spit blood, making bets about which internal organ would be the most damaged. When my head finally lolls forward they drop me, and I fall on my hands and knees right before the Joker.

He grabs onto my chin and picks me up, drawing me closer till I can see his nose hairs. "You look so much prettier now. Those boys should always do your makeup. Don't you agree with me? Yes, of course you do."

I spit out a wad of blood and look him in the eyes. "I'm not killing the Boy Wonder." He raises an eyebrow, and I quickly come up with a save. "…Its…It's a suicide mission."

He nods and laughs. "You will kill him, or I will kill you Mia Sanders." The he releases me and begins to walk away.

I stand up on shaky feet, my voice ringing out. "If I do the mission, I'll die. And if I don't…. guess what?" I sneer at him. "I'll still die."

He nods and laughs manically. "Yes, but dying on the mission would be much more pleasurable than dying by my hand." He climbs back onto his damaged pipe and swings upside down. "But if you don't want to do it, fine. I have many more assassins that would take pleasure in tearing both him and the young justice team apart."

I frown heavily. Somehow, he knows that I care about the team… does that mean he knows who I really am?

He cackles wildly. "I may be crazy, but that doesn't make me stupid. I've noticed how you've been avoiding any missions to do with the young justice team. It must mean you harbour some feelings. And feelings are bad - they lead to betrayal. This way I can cut whatever bond you have and at the same time destroy those annoying teenagers."

I blink in surprise. Wow. Who knew he was an insane genius?

He flaps his arms like wings. "You will do this mission. You simply have no other choice."

I nod stiffly and walk out of the room, heading for the streets of Gotham. I can't kill Robin; it's out of the question. But I can't let the rest of the team die either. I frown as my only option becomes clear: I'll have to tell them what's going on so they can protect themselves.

Sighing, I wipe the dried blood from my mouth and head towards Mount Justice. "They wont welcome Mia Sanders with open arms." I mutter wearily.

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I walk cautiously through the halls of Mount Justice, scowling sourly at the walls around me. Here I am crawling back to them just so I can save their butts. I scoff - and Robin said I wasn't a team player.

I sneak past Wallys room, speeding up when I hear a moaning sound and squeaking bed springs. "Ugh." I mutter. "That is not an image I want stuck in my head." I continue walking until I reach Robins room, pausing slightly when the memories come flooding back. When I hear multiple footsteps approaching I panic and quickly hide out in the lounge. Shit, this wasn't supposed to happen. I just wanted to talk to Kaldur and tell him to warn the others, but now I'll have to face all of them. I'll have to face Robin. Diving behind the couch, I listen as my former teammates gather on the other side.

I hear Dicks voice. "How did it go Kaldur?"

"Batman was most displeased with our failure."

He sighs. "Yeah, I kind of guessed that. We were so close, but Cheshire slipped away with them."

Superboy grunts in agreement. "Leaving her teammate behind."

I raise my head, peaking at the four teenagers in front of me. M'gaan is leaning against the kitchen counter, probably still weak from the massive blood loss I caused her, whilst Superboy is standing slightly in front of her. Kind of like an animal warning threats away. I snort, once a barbarian, always a barbarian. Kaldur and Robin stand beside them talking. I roll my eyes. No problem guessing what Wally and Artemis are still doing.

"And we lost Mia, so we couldn't interrogate her and find out where Cheshire was hiding." Robin comments.

I narrow my eyes. Interrogate? If I knew where that backstabbing feline was hiding, I would have pounded her into an early grave by now.

M'gaan shakes her head. "They didn't seem like teammates. I don't believe Mia would have known where Cheshire went."

Superboy cuts in. "They're obviously both villains though. What good guy aims for a kill shot?" He looks pointedly at M'gaans injured neck.

I roll my eyes at the use of the word 'kill shot'. M'gaan wouldn't have died; I always hit my target, and I wasn't exactly aiming for a major vein. I admit that my five months in the villain… community, has made me a more violent fighter, but it was necessary If I wanted to survive. After all, I don't use my powers anymore.

Kaldur considers this. "Her methods did seem quite brutal. However, she did not cause any lasting damage to Kid Flash."

Robin nods in agreement. "I can't help thinking that if she wanted to kill M'gaan, she would have." Robin pauses in thought. "Mia moved so fast and with so much force that she could have dealt a killing blow, but she only cut deep enough to knock M'gaan out."

Superboy thinks aloud. "Well, she obviously hurt M'gaan more than Wally."

Kaldur nods once. "Yes, that's probably because M'gaan was invading her private thoughts."

I silently cheer for Kaldur – I knew there was a reason I liked him.

"She's obviously into Wally. That's probably why she didn't hurt him." Robin adds.

Kaldur agrees. "Yes, it does seem that M'gaans earlier statement was correct. Mia does seem to be infatuated with Kid Flash."

I make a face of disgust, and gag silently. They are really off the mark there. I think of Wally as nothing more than a brother and a friend. I turn my head slightly as KF and Artemis enter the lounge, their arms wrapped around each other. Damn it. I guess I'll have to talk to all of them now.

There's a lull in the conversation and suddenly I feel massive hands holding me down against the floor. I twist my face to see Superboy on top of me.

"Knew we had a spy. There were way too many heartbeats in this room." He booms.

I remain still underneath his tight hold. "Get off me, I'm slowly dying from lack of oxygen."

He shakes his head and picks me up by my throat as the rest of the team stare. I give them an acid smile, completely avoiding looking in Robin's direction.

Kaldur approaches me. "We will give you one chance to state your purpose here and your means of entry. Otherwise, we will find out by force."

I blink in surprise. Dashavu. "If you want to know why I'm here, you need to tell your pet gorilla to drop me. After all, I won't be able to speak if he crushes my throat."

Superboy snarls and squeezes tighter. I wince. I should really learn to quit angering him, cause it never works in my favour. He drops me when Kaldur nods. I rub my throat and cough hard. Sheesh, these guys are as worse as Jokers henchmen. I look at Kaldur but then spin around to face the rest of the group. "I'm here to warn you lot: Watch your backs. The Joker has assassins coming for you. " I turn and point at Robin. "Actually, I was meant to be your assassin."

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R n R.